[Austin-ghetto-list] unclear channel

[Wayne Johnson]

Anyone who would censor Pops rendition of "What a Wonderful World" has about
the same character as bin Laden.  Are these people totally brain dead,
neo-Facists or womb twins of Phil the Frog?

WJ

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[mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Harry Edwards
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:02 PM
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Subject: [Austin-ghetto-list] unclear channel



This just retrieved from the NY Times web site:

lear Channel Communications, the Texas-based company that owns about 1,170
radio stations nationwide, has circulated a list of 150 songs and asked its
stations to avoid playing them because of the attacks on the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon.

Some listed songs would be insensitive to play right now, such as the Gap
Band's "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" and Soundgarden's "Blow Up the Outside
World," but other choices, critics and musicians say, are less explicable
because they have little literal connection to the tragedies.

These include "Ticket to Ride" by the Beatles, "On Broadway" by the
Drifters and "Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John. Even odder, some songs on
the list are patriotic, like Neil Diamond's "America." Others speak of
universal optimism, like Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World," and
others are emotional but hopeful songs that could help people grieve, like
"Imagine" by John Lennon, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and
Garfunkel, "Peace Train" by Cat Stevens and "A World Without Love" by Peter
and Gordon.


Come on back, Jive 95!

Harry